shared-pack

Write code in NodeJS/NPM, compile it for AngularJS/bower.

Index

• Requirements
• Installation
• Usage

Requirements

• npm
• node.js

Installation

npm install -g shared-pack

Usage

1. Create a node.js module
2. Compile
3. Configure properly package.json and bower.json

Create a javascript module

The module should satisfy the following 2 conditions:

1. it should be exposed as node.js module - using module.exports
2. the function to expose should be the angular.js function - with dependencies declared as parameters of the function

Example

1. crete folder: mkdir shared-module && cd $_
2. initialize bower.json and package.json bower init && npm init
3. create module, example shared-service.js:

   'use strict';
   
   function SharedService(param1) {
   	console.log('Ola', param1);
   }
   
   module.exports = SharedService;
   

Compile

shared-pack ./shared-service.js

Results

The results fo compilation will be a foldr ./build containing 2 files

• ./build/shared-service.angular.js

   function SharedService(param1) {
   	console.log('Ola', param1);
   }
  
   angular.module('SharedService', ['param1'])
   	.factory('SharedService', ['param1', SharedService]);
  

Configure properly main field in bower.json and package.json

bower.json

	...
	"main":"./build/shared-service.angular.js",
	...

Roadmap

• Remove generation of node.js file
• Create a parser module with following functions:
  • getDependenciesNames(moduleString) // extract require instructions, removing eventually user prefix
  • other methods ...
• Fix compilation for AngularJS: the node exported object should be in a wrapping function, depednencies should be delcared in the wrapping function, and the wrapping function should return the exported object
• Add support for semantic versioning of bower: shared-pack ./node-file.js patch|minor|major changes field "version" in bower.json.
• Add support for updating bower.json dependencies based on modules installed via npm
• Add support for updating bower.json with git address for private packages
• Add support for private npm packages